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Ayase Haruka’s “Coca-Cola Clear” CM began airing in Japan on June 12th and in this CM, it’s a humid, sweaty day in which Ayase in a white t-shirt and denim drinks a nice, cold drink of the new “Coca-Cola Clear”.
Voice actress Ozaki Yuka who does the voice as Serval, the leading role for the anime series “Kemeno Friends” is featured on the cover and feature for Shogakukan’s “Weekly Big Comic Spirits” issue #28 released on June 11th. The feature is Ozaki’s first challenge to Read More …
GLAY vocalist TERU did something he usually doesn’t do and that is share photos of himself when he was younger. TERU was celebrating his 47th birthday and posted a few photos of himself as a child on Instagram. 感謝しかない。 A post shared by TERU (@glay__teru) Read More …
Aragaki Yui’s latest CM for Jurokucha began airing in Japan. The CM features a boy sweating heavily at the park during the humid summer and he drinks Jurokucha which has 16 healthy ingredients to keep him hydrated. Aragaki watches the parent/child communicate after the boy Read More …
Gravure model Kumada Kyoko celebrated her third child’s babyshower and posted photos on Instagram. Kumada had a few friends who are also pregnant, including model MALIA. Kumada Kyoko has two daughters and announced that she is pregnant with her third child back in January and Read More …
Saiki Reika is a Japanese idol and professional wrestler who has often cosplayed as Chun Li from the video game “Street Fighter 2”. ニュースにしてもらって反響大❣️ 筋肉アイドル才木玲佳を知って頂きありがとうございマッスル💪💪💪 ちなみに、言い忘れてたけど。 トゲトゲのブレスレットなかったから、代わりに、片手１kgずつのリストウェイトです🏋️🏋️🏋️ A post shared by 才木玲佳(Reika Saiki)♡筋肉アイドル (@saikireika) on Apr 21, 2018 at 1:57am PDT A post shared by Read More …
Featuring a collaboration between TOKYO FM x Yelp comes the “Real Tokyo” podcast. The podcast is in English and his hosted by Alex and Rana. This week’s episode (Episode 42 – June 11, 2018) is about: We saw Netflix’s original Ugly Delicious with David Chang. Read More …
There are many Japanese artists that are making music that is of world standard. TOKYO FM’s Japan Music Showcase will introduce such artists with short interviews and will dig into what actually makes up their music and the deep messages that they are trying to Read More …
This TOKYO FM program (in ENGLISH and Japanese) is hosted by Furukawa Mirin and Fujisaki Ayane, the members of the hottest Japanese pop idol group “DEMPA-GUMI, Inc”, and the supporter Matthew Masaru Baron. Matthew helps Mirin and Ayane learn English. PLEASE NOTE: Each show featured Read More …
“Funohan” (Incompetent Criminal) is a film starring Matsuzaka Tori (playing the character of Uzumi Nori) that was released in theaters back in February. And now a spin-off drama TV series will be released via VOD on dtv. The first episode will star former AKB48 member Read More …
For fans of Japanese baseball, the podcast to listen to is the Japanese Baseball Weekly Podcast hosted by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen. This podcast is in English! In podcast episode Vol. 8.18,Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with second-year slugger Read More …
Tohoshinki’s Yunho (32) and Changmin (30) performed in front of 220,000 people at Yokohama-Nissan for three consecutive days. As the group performed for 3 1/2 hours each day with 24 songs performed, even one day where 73,000 fans cheered despite the rain, Changmin surprised the Read More …
On all three websites for Nogizaka46, Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 websites, staff has posted an alert as a request for fans on June 10th. As acts of stalking towards members of the three groups have been confirmed, the letter tells fans that it is a Read More …
GIRLFRIEND is an all-female rock band that you can’t help but respect. Consisting of SAKIKA (Vocals and guitar, 18), MINA (Bass, 17), NAGISA (Guitar, 16) and MIREI (Drums, 18), the band released their first album titled “Chocolate” on February 21st. With their upcoming performance to Read More …
JapanThing has brought the world the awesomeness of Japanese commercials on YouTube and here is their weird, funny and cool Japanese commercial #73 (June 2018).